Model of Spoken Word Production

Question 1

What are the processes in the Kaye et al., model involved in spoken word production? Briefly explain what they do

Answer 1

Semantic System: a store of word meanings activated in response to an idea or concept
Phonological Output Lexicon: a store of spoken word forms: provides access to to spoken word forms
Phonological Assembly: generates a metrically specified phoneme string for production

Question 2

List some areas of assessment you could use to determine if impairment at the SS

Answer 2

• comparison across modalities
• error analysis of naming

Question 3

List some areas of assessment you could use to determine if impairment at the POL

Answer 3

• error analysis of naming
• frequency analysis of naming
• repetition and reading aloud of words
• response to phonemic cueing

Question 4

What are some parameters to manipulate at the POL?

Answer 4

1. word frequency
2. phonemic similarity of words used
3. orthographic similarity of words used
4. number of phonemes
5. number of syllables
6. inner judgements vs. sub-vocalisations vs. verbal output
7. modality of input
8. imageability
9. word class
10. distinctive features

Question 5

List some treatments tasks for treating the POL

Answer 5

-judgements from an array of words/pictures about (# of phonemes, # syllables, stress identification, onsets, rime, nucleus, coda, homophones’
- yes/no judgements
- word roots + frames
- word building series
- reading list of words with minor phonological changes
- making new words by altering 1 phoneme/grapheme
- anagrams
- semantic therapy + output

Question 6

List some treatments tasks for treating SS->POL

Answer 6

1. semantic judgements + output of distractor names and targets
   - oral reading
   - matching word structures to definitions and saying them
   - matching phonologically similar words to definitions
   - matching homophones to definitions
   - changing real words into other re

Question 7

List some therapy treatment tasks for treating PAB impairments

Answer 7

• segmentation
• syllabification tasks
• compound word lists
• word building series
• phoneme manipulation (verbal output)
• monitoring errors immediately